{"id":14436,"date":"2016-11-05T11:53:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T11:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=14436"},"modified":"2016-11-05T11:53:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T11:53:07","slug":"chelsea-manning-attempted-suicide-second-time-lawyers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/chelsea-manning-attempted-suicide-second-time-lawyers-say.html","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Manning attempted suicide a second time lawyers say"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Chelsea Manning attempted suicide a second time lawyers say | World Breaking NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Chelsea Manning attempted suicide a second time lawyers say<\/strong> :- Her legal team declined to give details but said prison conditions contributed to her fragile mental state.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Manning was sentenced to 14 days in solitary confinement in September for charges relating to her attempt to kill herself in July.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The transgender army private, born Bradley Manning, is serving a 35-year sentence for espionage.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">She was found guilty in September by prison officials in Leavenworth, Kansas, of &#8220;conduct which threatens&#8221; after her initial suicide attempt.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">She was also convicted of having &#8220;prohibited property&#8221; &#8211; the book &#8220;Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy&#8221; by Gabriella Coleman.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In July, the former intelligence analyst attempted to take her own life after what lawyers said was the Army&#8217;s refusal to provide appropriate health care.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">She later went on hunger strike which ended after the military agreed to provide her with gender dysphoria treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Her lawyer Chase Strangio described her treatment in a letter, quoted by the AP news agency, as &#8220;demoralising&#8221;, adding that it was an &#8220;assault on her health and humanity&#8221;.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;She has repeatedly been punished for trying to survive and now is being repeatedly punished for trying to die,&#8221; wrote Mr Strangio.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">When she was removed from solitary confinement in October she tweeted that she was &#8220;OK&#8221; and &#8220;trying to get back in the groove of things&#8221;.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2013, after being found guilty of espionage for her role in leaking diplomatic cables and battlefield reports to Wikileaks, the anti-secrecy group.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The leak of more than 700,000 documents and videos was one of the largest breaches of classified material in American history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">source:http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-37880823<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/chelsea-manning-attempted-suicide-second-time-lawyers-say.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea Manning attempted suicide a second time lawyers say | World Breaking NEWS Chelsea Manning attempted suicide a second time lawyers say :- Her legal team declined to give details but said prison conditions contributed to her fragile mental state. 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